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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 15

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

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Receipts

139 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 138▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower on a very light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,952	177.40	3,463	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,515	157.21	2,382	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	154.57	2,334	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	149.79	1,899	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,074	123.91	1,330	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,417	206.82	2,931	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,502	207.50	3,117	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	203.00	2,994	2thin

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,475	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,994	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,502	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	3,117	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,417	206.82/cwt	206.50–207.50	2,931	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	169.46/cwt	169.00–170.00	3,050	2
Bulls	—	—	1,843	180.82/cwt	174.00–189.00	3,333	4
Bulls	—	—	2,025	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,969	1
Bulls	—	—	2,620	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	4,218	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	130.45/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,318	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	111.51/cwt	102.50–117.00	1,137	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	121.99/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,363	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	138.83/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,601	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	144.14/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,810	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,278	154.74/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,978	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	157.06/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,323	20
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,515	157.21/cwt	153.00–160.00	2,382	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	148.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,356	8

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Apr 15, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 139Last week 138Year ago 0

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 lower on a very light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,417	206.50–207.50	206.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,479	154.00–161.00	157.06
8	—	1,588	145.00–150.00	148.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,515	153.00–160.00	157.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	102.50–117.00	111.51
3	—	1,117	117.00–127.00	121.99
2	—	1,153	133.00–145.00	138.83
2	—	1,010	129.00–132.00	130.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,256	142.00–147.00	144.14
8	—	1,278	150.00–160.00	154.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,502	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,620	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,800	169.00–170.00	169.46
1	—	2,025	196.00	196.00
4	—	1,843	174.00–189.00	180.82

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.